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Gilda’s Club Board Updates – July 2023
As July 1, 2023 inches nearer, we are preparing for some warm welcome and some bittersweet goodbyes with our outstanding dedicated board members. Join us in thanking four community leaders who served Gilda’s Club with distinction for two three-year terms on the board from 2017-2023. Each one is wise, mission-focused, generous, and made unique contributions...
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Planning to Meet the Needs of a Growing, Changing Middle Tennessee
By: Helen Lane, Gilda’s Club Board Chair Because of Gilda’s Club’s “Everyone Has a Cancer Story” awareness campaign in 2019, my personal cancer story is somewhat known. As a long-standing member of the Gilda’s Club community, and as a business leader, it was difficult to share about this challenging time in my life, but I did it...
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Overcoming Challenges Together
By: Jim Corum, Board Chair I am so appreciative of my time serving Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee as a Board Member and, most recently, as Board Chair. I continue to be blown away by the servant’s heart I witness in all who are associated with the Gilda’s Club community, particularly the staff and volunteers who’ve...
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A Plan for Welcoming You Back to the Clubhouse
By Harriet Schiftan, MSW, MAJCS President and CEO I’m excited to share that we have a plan for returning to in-person cancer support. Despite the success of our virtual support offerings over the last 15 months – and our intention to continue providing virtual support over the long-term – this is the moment we’ve all...
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Evolving Our Virtual Program – For Today and Tomorrow
By Allison Yonker, LMSW, Program Director For the first time in a long time, I’m able to turn on the news and pick up the newspaper with a sense that change is on its way. While we continue to wear masks, social distance, and take all the precautions we’ve become so familiar with, more and...
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Our Commitment to Inclusion
Dear Gilda’s Club Community, At Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, we are a welcoming and inclusive community for individuals with cancer and their families. We are a community where people impacted by cancer face it together. We believe each person is the expert of his or her own experience, and in an atmosphere of shared experience and support, community grows. We value mutual respect, showing up for...
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We’ve Made Some Changes | Williamson County Location Closes
Dear Gilda’s Club Community, It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that, effective June 30, Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee’s Williamson County location in Franklin will close permanently, and we will suspend our individual counseling program for all members. These decisions were not made easily, especially as over the past two years, we have had tremendous success serving...
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Executing On Our Strategic Priorities
By Harriet Schiftan, MSW, MAJCS President & CEO In September, when I began my new position as President and CEO of Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, I was given the organization’s recently completed strategic plan. What a gift to a new leader that our board, staff, volunteers, and community stakeholders had already identified a clear direction...
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Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee Names Non-Profit Leader Harriet Schiftan as CEO
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Aug 7, 2019 – Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee today announced the appointment of Harriet Schiftan as its President and CEO. Schiftan, a successful leader in Nashville’s non-profit community, will take the reins of the 21-year-old cancer support organization on Tuesday, Sept. 3. “The Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee team is thrilled to welcome...
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Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee Welcomes New Board Members
NASHVILLE, TENN. – July 1, 2019 – Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, an organization dedicated to providing support, education and hope to all people impacted by cancer, including family members and friends of those diagnosed, announced today the addition of four new members to its Board of Directors. “We are excited to welcome these individuals to...
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